Chilean literature | Translating Women

Review: NERVOUS SYSTEM by Lina Meruane

Posted on 28th Apr, 2021 by Helen Vassallo

Translated from Spanish (Chile) by Megan McDowell (Atlantic Books, 2021) In Nervous System, Lina Meruane returns to the obsessions with a failing body that preoccupied her earlier work, the uncomfortably brilliant Seeing Red (also translated by Megan McDowell, published by… Continue Reading →

Review: Andrea Jeftanovic, THEATRE OF WAR

Posted on 12th Nov, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

Translated from Spanish (Chile) by Frances Riddle (Charco Press, 2020) Theatre of War is Andrea Jeftanovic’s debut novel, and the final offering from a brilliant 2020 Charco catalogue. The narrator, Tamara, presents her past as if it were a play,… Continue Reading →